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1 Urdu ash'ar / shaayari (shers, couplets) containing the word:

nau: type, kind

1 / 1: nau

band ahkaam-e-aql mein rahnaa

ye bhi ik nau ki

himaaqat hai

to be a hostage to

reason's dictates

is also a kind of

foolishness

Khwaja Meer Dard (4)

band (7)

string, hostage, captive

ahkaam (1)

dictates, fiats

aql (6)

reason, intellect

nau (1)

type, kind

himaaqat (1)

foolishness

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